I recall the first time I left the plateau. I made it to the bridge right before the dueling peaks and saw a star fragment fall into Hyrule field, so I turned around and went after it. This was before I found out that they disappear at sunrise, so I just kept going. Eventually I ended up at the...
One of the most memorable ones for me is being shot off the edge of the Akkala Citadel and watching Link bounce all the way down the cliff to the Torrin Wetlands. It's.... quite a long way down. Another time I jumped off the very top of the Hateno Ancient Tech Lab and didn't take my paraglider...